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as john blackstone reports the governor is stepping in and taking some action. >> reporter: with gas prices rising steeply for a week, some california drivers are buying as little gasoline as they can. >> they are keeping little tired old grannies at home. i can't pay these big prices. >> reporter: california governor agreed it's an emergency so he authorized an immediate switch to winter gasoline which can be more polluting but can bring down gas prices. >> i had to cutback on the groceries in order, to you know, get some gas in order to get to work, get the kids to school. >> reporter: prices went up so quickly last week they sometimes change by the hour. >> in a week it's gone up 52 sense. that's unprecedented. we've been watching gas prices for a number of years. >> reporter: the sharp rise was blamed on a supply squeeze that began after a fire shut down part of a chevron refinery in august and a power failure knocked out an exxon refinery last week. with both refineries back in operation, prices have started to go down. when wholesale prices go up the price at the pump seems to
as john blackstone reports the governor is stepping in and taking some action. >> reporter: with gas prices rising steeply for a week, some california drivers are buying as little gasoline as they can. >> they are keeping little tired old grannies at home. i can't pay these big prices. >> reporter: california governor agreed it's an emergency so he authorized an immediate switch to winter gasoline which can be more polluting but can bring down gas prices. >> i had to...
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for "cbs this morning," john blackstone. >>> an outbreak of rare fungal meningitis has spread to nine states. 71 patients have died out of 91 reported cases of the it is. all the cases are contributed to a steroid distributed by a massachusetts pharmacy. it is now recalling all of its products as a precaution. dr. william schaffner joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what's at issue here? what do we mean by compounding pharmacies? >> compounding pharmacy takes medication. it's not one of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers. but it takes medication and compounds them. sets them up. usually for highly specialized uses. and then sells them to pain clinics and the like across the country. >> are they regulated? >> they are not regulated the way the major pharmaceutical companies are. they seem to have fallen into a regulatory gap. that's something that really needs to be addressed by the congress. >> so, doctor, should people be fearful about these types of injections for back or neck pain? >> well, at the moment it would appear that all the medication that's out t
for "cbs this morning," john blackstone. >>> an outbreak of rare fungal meningitis has spread to nine states. 71 patients have died out of 91 reported cases of the it is. all the cases are contributed to a steroid distributed by a massachusetts pharmacy. it is now recalling all of its products as a precaution. dr. william schaffner joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what's at issue here? what do we mean by compounding pharmacies? >>...
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for cbs th"cbs this morning," john blackstone, los angeles. >>> it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines. defense secretary leon panetta warns that the united states is vulnerable to a cyber pearl harbor from "the new york times." financial network, transportation network and government. he says those hackers are getting more aggressive. >>> wall street journal reports on a slowdown of job growth because some are worried about the so-called fiscal cliff at the end of the year. about one-third of manufacturers say they are not hiring right now because they don't know what congress is going to end up doing about taxes and spending. >>> 7 billion people in the world and the los angeles times says 6 billion of them now have a cell phone. >> wow! >> a new report says only 2.3 billion people in the world have internet access. >> and the washington times says a giant panda cub died last month at the national zoo because of underdeveloped lungs and liver damage. officials say it is possible that the female cub was born prematurely, because its lungs were not fully developed.
for cbs th"cbs this morning," john blackstone, los angeles. >>> it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines. defense secretary leon panetta warns that the united states is vulnerable to a cyber pearl harbor from "the new york times." financial network, transportation network and government. he says those hackers are getting more aggressive. >>> wall street journal reports on a slowdown of job growth because some are worried about the...
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for cbs "this morning," john blackstone, los angeles. >>> it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines. leon panetta warns united states is vulnerable to a cyber pearl harbor. hackers threaten to attack the power grid, financial networks and government. those hacksers are getting morography. >>> the "wall street journal" reports a slow down in job growth because some businesses are worried about the fiscal cliff. 1/3 of companies say they are not hiring right now because they don't know what congress is going to end up doing about taxes and spending. >>> there are 7 billion people in the world and the "los angeles times" says 6 billion of them now have a cell phone. the new report says only 2.3 billion people in the world have internet access. >>> the "the washington times" says a giant panda cub died last month at the national zoo because of underdeveloped lungs and liver damage. officials say it is possible that the female cub was born prematurely because its lungs were not fully developed. they are optimistic >> this national weather report sponsored by mcdonald's. i'm lov
for cbs "this morning," john blackstone, los angeles. >>> it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines. leon panetta warns united states is vulnerable to a cyber pearl harbor. hackers threaten to attack the power grid, financial networks and government. those hacksers are getting morography. >>> the "wall street journal" reports a slow down in job growth because some businesses are worried about the fiscal cliff. 1/3 of companies say they are...